dhokhā mu/c fraud, cheating, deception: सब ~ है it is all fraud. △ धोखे की ट्टट्टी fraudulent device. ~ उठाना/खाना to be taken in, to be deceived; ~ देना to deceive, to defraud; हम उसके धोखे में आ गये, उसने हमें ~ दिया we were deceived by him; तुम मुझे ~ नहीं दे सकते you cannot deceive/ cheat me; धोखे से fraudulently, by cheating: धोखे से हथिया ली seized it fraudulently: धोखे से एक शब्द छूट गया a word got omitted by mistake. [also धोखा-धड़ी; syn. छल]